slast,
regarding the Air France over-run, in CYYZ, an ICAO standard run out zone in Toronto would have likely saved the A-340 aircraft from breaking up at all. Fortunately a very professional in-flight crew evacuated all the passengers before the fuselage was consumed by fire.
Previously a DC-9; following a blown tire and rejected TO had an overrun in the same area. When the DC-9 went into the ravine, two passengers were killed when the fuselage buckled, but there was no fire..
Last edited by Retired DC9 driver; 29th April 2015 at 20:50.